Where does “muurari” come from?
muurari (Finnish) comes from Swedish murare, from Swedish mura, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
muurari (Finnish): A bricklayer; A mason
Definitions
- A bricklayer; A mason
Ancestry of “muurari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | murare | a mason |
| 2 | Swedish | mura | to brick, to wall (build with bricks) |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |